Here it is everybody! This chapter is a nice long one, so I hope you enjoy every word of it.

Chapter 14: Notch's Castle

"Notch help us." Evie muttered.

"Jeb help us too." Creeper added. "For you, Sir."

"Let's go." Niar said, drawing her bow. "Evie and I will distract them, Creeper and Steve, sneak to them and kill them. We'll come in soon after." I nodded and pulled my sword out. Niar and Evie hid behind some trees while Creeper and I found our way around to the side. Niar and Evie started to shoot arrows at the mobs. Creeper and I ran behind them, taking them out one by one. Soon, Evie and Niar emerged from their hiding spots and join the battle. Eventually, we managed to kill the group of mobs. We headed for the entrance...slowly.

"It'll be okay." I reminded myself and repeated it to myself a few times.

"Let's just do it." Creeper said.

"One second." Evie said. She walked to me and stood close to me. She gave me her book. "If I am to die, please return this to the Mineville Library. Okay?" Evie explained.

"I promise." I said. I looked at the book Evie had just given me. Crudely scratched into the cover was "Steve, the Hero From Another World." I looked back at Evie. A tear rolled down her face. I wiped it away and hugged her. After a second, she pulled away.

"Ready?" Niar asked, a bit calmer than normal.

"Yes...I am." I said, standing tall and holding my sword.

"Good luck everybody." Creeper said and pushed open the door. Mobs rushed at us, but we easily killed them one by one. Creeper led us into room after room, clearing each out swiftly. Eventually, we were in the dining room. We cleared it out. Suddenly, Creeper fell to the ground.

"Creeper!" Niar yelled and ran to his side.

"My...leg..." He grunted. Niar took off his lower armour to find blood seeping out quickly.

"This is the same wound as..." Evie said then suddenly gasped. "Your leg, Steve!" She ran to me. As she came to me, I took off my leggings and rolled up my pant leg to where the General shot me with an arrow. Sure enough, an arrow wound opened up and started to bleed. I grunted in pain and held my leg. I looked to Creeper, who wasn't looking all the good. I stopped Evie from helping me and pointed to Creeper.

"Help...him." I managed to say through the searing pain. I gripped the wound harder. Evie looked at me worried, but soon threw me some bandages. I took the bandages and tied them to my leg. The pain had diminished slightly. I hurried to get to Creeper's side to do my best to help him.

"He's losing a lot of blood, his body is also in shock." Evie said. I kneeled next to Creeper and took my helmet off, and his as well.

"Steve, I'm afraid I'm going to die for this land, but that's okay. I lived an excellent life. Now go and end this, kill Herobrine." Creeper whispered. He looked up at the ceiling for a moment, and then back at me. He put his hand on his stomach gently. "Thank you for one last chance of adventure...it was a thrill." Creeper whispered again. At that, he drew his last breath and his body went limp.

"No! not yet!" I nearly yelled. "I...we need you!" I closed my eyes. I knew that Creeper would want me to continue on and kill Herobrine. I knew the process would take longer, as our Guide was now dead. Niar put her hand on me and I quickly opened my eyes and put my helmet back on.

"Steve..." Niar started.

"I'm fine." I quickly said, standing. Evie gave me my leggings back and I put them back on.I lifted Creeper's body and propped him against a wall near him.

"Come on, we can't waste time anymore." Evie said. I understood that she was trying to imply that every moment Herobrine was in rule, the worse the world became.

"Yeah, let's just go." I said. The three of us continued through the castle. Soon, we got to the rooms where Evie and I had stayed. We went into Evie's formor room. A creeper snuck up behind Evie and exploded. The blast sent her flying. Niar and I quickly killed the rest of the mobs. I threw my sword and helmet aside and ran to Evie's side. I turned her on her back.

"Evie! Don't die now. Evie!" I said, I was slightly choked up.

"Steve, just go on, please." Evie pleaded.

"No! I won't leave you!" I cried.

"Sacrifice the life of one...to save the many." Evie said. I shook my head.

"Please, no! Just hang on! I...I...I need you." I said, letting my tears flow down. Evie reached up and wiped my tears away. Blood seeped out from her back. She saw the blood and took a deep breath.

"Goodbye Steve...you really gave life to this librarian." She said, as she was about to die.

"You're not going anywhere!" I cried. "I...I love you..." I whispered to Evie.

"I love you too, even though we haven't known each other long." Evie said. She coughed up some blood. "Good luck...and be...safe" Evie said with the last of her breath. I laid my head on her chest and just sobbed. Niar picked up my sword and helmet.

"I will...I will Evie." I said through my tears.

"Steve, come on. Let's go kill Herobrine. It's what she would have wanted." Niar said. I knew that she was right. I stood and angrily took my sword and helmet back. I looked back at Evie and let my shoulders slump. I put my sword down one more time and lifted Evie and put her in the bed and pulled the covers up. I removed her glasses from her face and put them on the end table. I kissed her forehead and pick my sword.

"Lets go." I said. I moved as fast as I could through the castle. My emotions were mixed and I had no idea what I was to think.

"Steve!" A voice yelled from a room. I stopped in my tracks.

"Jeb?" I asked. "Jeb!" I yelled and ran in the direction Jeb's voice came from. I found Jeb locked in a room via bar across the door. I threw the bar off and opened the door.

"Where's Creeper and Evie?" Jeb asked. He had a hungry look in his eyes, so I gave him some of my food. He quickly ate the food.

"Dead..." I said.

"Wha..." Jeb looked over to Niar. "Who's that?"

"My name is Niar, Sir Jeb. I come from the outskirts of Craftsburg." Niar explained, Jeb just nodded as he had a piece of food in his mouth. He swallowed the bite.

"We must make haste, I shall go with you." Jeb said. I stopped him from leaving the room. He looked puzzled.

"No. If you come with me you'll die. I am only bad luck." I said. Jeb nodded.

"As you wish. Just come back for me." Jeb said. I nodded and turned to Niar.

"You stay too. I don't want another death.I should have never let you come in the first place." I told Niar.

"No, I am coming. If I die, oh well. I have no family anyways and I won't have any friends let after you leave anyways." Niar said. I thought for a moment.

"Fine." I said. "I'll come back for you." I told Jeb and got ready to leave.

"It is just down the hall." Jeb said. Nodding, Niar and I ran to face Herobrine. I kicked opened the door, with Herobrine looking straight at me.

"Your time ends now!" I yelled.

"You really think so?" His voice echoed. "I killed that Creeper and Stevie easily." Herobrine shot lightning at Niar, throwing her at a wall head first. There was no doubt she was dead. I was a little sad that I couldn't say goodbye to her.

"That's three now! Three people you took from me!" I yelled.

"You think I care? I wouldn't be foolish like you. To love a world I don't belong in. So weak. So foolish. Too stupid." Herobrine said. His words hit me like a rock. I lowered my sword for a moment. Then I raised it back up.

"You're right, I am foolish, but I care for people. Even in another world." I said, standing tall. "You won't get away with your crimes."

"Oh, but that's where you're wrong." Herobrine mocked.

"HAVE YOU NO REGRET FOR KILLING NOTCH!? For killing thousands of people!? This isn't you. You threw yourself away, for what? For power? You already had that. You had it all. You were too selfish to realize that!" I yelled.

"ENOUGH!" Herobrine thundered. "They all got what they deserved, and you will too." Herobrine charged a lightning bolt. I shot two arrows at him. One hit his arm the other missed. He sent a large amount of lightning at me. I braced for impact. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw a blue haze. Suddenly, everything stopped. The blue haze came to me.

"Steve, you are a brave one." It said.

"Who are you? What is going on? I asked. The blue haze turned into a man.

"I am the Essence of Notch. I've been following you since you came here." It explained I thought back, realizing I had seen the blue haze in many locations. I didn't pay any attention to it.

"Could you tell me how to kill Herobrine?" I suddenly asked.

"I figured you'd ask this. To kill Herobrine, trust your blade. Your blade is you conscience in battle. I will do my best to guide you. For now, I will put up a barrier between you and the lightning, but I can only do this once, so ready?" Notch explained.

"Yes." I said immediately. Notch returned to his haze state and became a barrier. Time resume. The lightning hit and Herobrine laughed.

"Hey blank eyes." I said through the clearing of the smoke. I had my sword on my shoulders. "You missed." I taunted. Herobrine had stopped laughing and gave me an evil glare.

"Impossible!" He yelled.

"Well you better believe it!" I said. Herobrine charged up another lightning bolt. I began to run around the room to avoid the bolts.

"Stop." Notch said. I quickly stopped and lightning hit in front of me. "Go!" Notch said gain.

"Stop moving!" Herobrine yelled. I ran to Herobrine, he had also pulled out a sword. I attempted to strike from above, but Herobrine blocked it. He moving his sword and tried to stab me, but I hit his sword away. We continued like this for some time. I was getting sick of it, so I kneed him. Herobrine stepped back and kicked me away. I flew back slightly, but I skidded to a stop. I ran back to him and got my sword to his head. He fell limp and I removed my sword. I looked at his dead body and stabbed my sword into his chest and left it there. A deep red haze came out of his body and formed a ghost. Notch did the same.

"It's good to see you again, brother." Notch said. Herobrine looked away, but soon looked back to Notch.

"I am so sorry, Notch. I...I don't know what got into me." Herobrine said, ashamed. Jeb had slowly snuck his way into the room.

"Brother, what's done is done. It's over now. Thanks to this man, we are free." Notch said, looking at me. Herobrine looked at me and gave me a slight smile.

"Thank you." He said to me. I just nodded. I was slightly afraid of Herobrine still, even though I had just managed to kill him. I took my sword back from his body. Then, a pink, green, and purple haze came into the room. They floated near the podium esque area I was standing. The pink one turned into Evie. The green one to Creeper, and the purple to Niar. One by one, they bowed to me. Then, more hazes came in, of all colors, and turned into people and bowed to me. Person after person came in. I watched it unfold. I looked over to Notch, and then to Herobrine, who were both bowing. I stood there with my mouth open. I suddenly realized that they were thanking me. I looked at Evie, who looked up to me and smiled. I stopped looking at people and quickly pulled out Evie's book. Evie quickly floated to me and took the book. She wrote something in it and gave it back to me.

"It's done now." She whispered. Niar and Creeper also floated to me.

"You freed out spirits." Creeper said.

"These are the people who were killed by Herobrine's wrath. You set us free." Niar said. Herobrine and Notch had also floated to me.

"You freed all the spirits from their jails." Notch said.

"And you reunited me with my brother, and for that, I thank you." Herobrine added. I looked at Evie's book.

"Here, Evie, you said if you are to die, take this book back to mineville. You can do it now." I said.

"I, I am dead, so you take it. I would be honored." Evie said. I nodded. Notch quickly addressed the crowd.

"Go, all you freed spirits. Wander the world." Notch said. The spirits all turned into hazes and left the room in a rush. The ones who were left circled around me. A light shone and quickly disappeared. We were back in Mineville. The people looked at me. I started to walk to the library with the spirits following mt. I opened the door to the library.

"Mayabella?" I asked and she came running.

"Are you the savior of Minecraftia?" She asked. I nodded. She hugged me. "Thank you."

"It's no problem." I said. Mayabella turned to Notch and Herobrine.

"Welcome back you two. Welcome home." She said. I suddenly felt really sad. I didn't want to leave now. I remembered the book as My vision started to fade.

"Here, take this. It's by Stevie." I said. "Goodbye everyone! I'll miss you all." I called as I slowly started to slip back into my world.

And that was my favorite chapter! So many feels! So many answers! So many plot twists! Anyway, stay tuned for the final chapter!